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typeId: term
recordId: station-sovereignty
fields:
  title: Station Sovereignty
  definition: The principle that each Local Station applies its own trust,
    capability, storage, compute, encryption, disclosure, and replication
    policy. Replicated documents and remote offers do not become authority
    automatically.
  order: 130
  usage:
    - Use this phrase when explaining that Benac is decentralized without
      surrendering local control.
  sourceDocument: /home/johnb/Downloads/benac_terms_and_definitions_v0_1.md
  sourceVersion: 0.1 Terminology Draft
  sourceDate: 2026-05-02
  sourceSections:
    - 3. Station terminology
---
